Model shares underwear photos highlighting weight struggle and pressure on models to be thin
A 24-year-old model has shared a candid Instagram post detailing how her experience of the fashion industry put her in a “dark place” where she never felt “thin enough”.
Taylah Roberts, a former ‘Australia’s Next Top Model’ contestant, uploaded a before and after image of herself in underwear.
In the left image, a throwback to when she felt “unworthy” and “insecure”, Roberts’ ribs and hip bones are visible.
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“All I see in the photo on the left is sadness, exhaustion, insecurity and lack of worth beyond size,” she writes in the caption.
Roberts, who has spoken openly about her struggle with an eating disorder, competed in ‘Australia’s Next Top Model’ in 2013 when she was just 18.
Although it is not clear when exactly this photo is from, Roberts refers to a time in her life when she was in a “dark place” due to the pressures of the fashion industry.
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Roberts spoke in a post last month about the eating disorder she suffered from six years ago – which would coincide with the age she was when filming the popular modelling contest.
Roberts was disqualified from the popular show after she was filmed lunging at fellow contestant, Ashley Pogmore, and choking her in a joke that backfired.
Roberts has since apologised for the incident.
"It's just one of those things that just happened so quickly and once I'd done it, I knew that it was the wrong thing to do," she told Australian news show ‘A Current Affair’.
Body-positive model Iskra Lawrence has also spoken out about the pressures on models to be slim.
Last month, she took to Instagram to share her story of weight-loss tea addiction in a bid to help others facing similar problems.
If you or someone you know suffers from an eating disorder, you can visit the BEAT website for support, or call their helpline on 0808 801 0677.
